Patient safety

Successful proposals 2009-2010



Country Project Title Principal Investigator (s) Organisation/City
Argentina A stepped wedge trial to evaluate the effectiveness of behavioural change intervention to improve the use of hand hygiene in closed areas of hospitals in Argentina Dr Ezequiel Garcia Elorrio and Dr Viviana Rodríguez Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Buenos Aires
China Evaluating a patient safety learning system in an outpatient department in Beijing Dr Weiwei Liu The Second Outpatient Department of Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing
Dr George Liu China Health Program, La Trobe University, Melbourne
Kenya A comparison of medical records review and incident reporting for in-patient adverse event assessment Dr Sikolia Wanyonyi and Prof. William Macharia Aga Khan University, Nairobi
Mongolia Evaluation of counterfeit and substandard drugs in Mongolia Dr Daariimaa Khurelab and Dr Gereltuya Dorj Health Sciences University, Ulaanbaatar
Dr Katharine Morley Harvard Medical School, Boston
Nigeria Effectiveness of health education intervention on the documentation and reporting of adverse medication events in a Nigerian teaching hospital Dr Raymond Chukwuma Okechukwu Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi

*Funding is subject to approval from the WHO Ethics Review Committee (ERC) and compliance with programme, contractual terms and conditions.

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